• Influence Of Psychotherapy And Gender On Depression

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    • APPENDIX A
      SECTION A
      DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
       
      Gender:  Male ( ) Female ( )
      Age: ( )
      Martial status :  Single ( ) Married (      )
      Locality: Urban (  ) Semi Urban (  ) Rural ( )
       
      SECTION B:
      On this questionnaire are groups of statements. Please read each group of statements carefully. Then pick out the one statement in each group which best describes the way you have been feeling the PAST WEEK, INCLUDING TODAY! Circle the number beside the statement you picked. If several statements in the group seem to apply equally well, circle each one. Be sure to read all the statements in each group before making your choice.

      1. 0 I do not feel sad.
       1 I feel sad.
       2 I am sad all the time and I can’t snap out of it.
       3 I am so sad or unhappy that I can’t stand it.
      2. 0 I am not particularly discourage about the future
       1 I feel discouraged about the future.
       2 I feel I have nothing to look forward to

       
       3 I feel that the future is hopeless and that things  cannot improve.
      3. 0 I do not feel I like a failure.
       1 I feel I have failed more than the average person.
       2 As I look back on my life, all I can see is a lot of  Failures
       3 I feel I am a complete failure as a person 
      4 0 I get as much satisfaction out of things as I used to.
       1 I don’t enjoy things the way I used to
      2 I don’t get real satisfaction out of anything anymore. 
       3. I am dissatisfied or bored with everything.
      5. 0 I don’t feel particularly guilty.
       1 I feel guilty a good part of the time.
       2 I feel quite guilty most of the time.
       3 I feel guilty all of the time.
      6. 0 I don’t feel I am being punished.
       1 I feel I may be punished
       2 I expect to be punished.
       3 I feel I am being punished. 
      7. 0 I don’t feel disappointed in myself 
       1 I am disappointed in myself.
       2 I am disgusted with myself
       3 I hate myself.
       
      8 0 I don’t feel I am any worse than anyone else.

       
       1 I am critical of myself for my weaknesses or  mistakes.
       2 I blame myself all the time for my faults.
       3 I blame myself for everything bad that happens. 
      9 0 I don’t have any thoughts of killing myself.
      1 I have thought of killing myself, but I would not carry
      them out.
      2. I would like to kill myself.
      3 I would kill myself if I had the chance.
      10 0 I don’t cry anymore than usual.
       1 I cry more now than I use to.
       2 I cry all the time now.
       3 I used to be able to cry, but now I can’t cry even  though I want to.
      11 0 I am no more irritated now than I ever am.
       1 I get annoyed or irritated more easily than I sued to.
       2 I feel irritated all the time now.
       3 I don’t get irritated at all by the things that used to  irritate me.
      12 0 I have not lost interest in other people.
       1 I am less interested in other peoples than I used to  be.
       2 I have lost most of my interest in other people.
       3 I have lost all of my interest in other people.
      13 0 I make decision about as well as I ever could.

       
       1 I put off making decisions more than I used to.
       2 I feel that there are permanent changes in my  appearance that make me look unattractive 
      3 I believe that I look ugly.
      14 0 I don’t feel I look any worse than I sued to.
       1 I am worried that I am looking old or unattractive.
       2 I feel that there are permanent changes in my appearance that make me look unattractive.
       3 I believe that I look ugly.
      15 0 I can work about as well as before.
      1 It takes an extra effort to get started at doing something.
      2 I have to push myself very hard to do anything.
      3 I can’t do any work at all.
      16 0 I can sleep as well as usual.
       1 I don’t sleep as well as I used to.
       2 I wake up 1-2 hours earlier than usual and find it  hard to go back to sleep.
      17 0 I don’t get more tire than usual.
       1 I get tired more easily than I used to.
       2 I get tired from doing almost anything.
       3 I am too tired to do anything.
      18 0 My appetite is no worse than usual.
       1 My appetite is not as good as it used to be.
       2 My appetite is much worse now.
       3 I have no appetite at all anymore. 

       
      19 0 I havn’t lost much weight, if any lately.
       1 I have lost more than 5 pounds.
       2 I have lost more than 10 pounds.
       3 I have lost more than 15 pounds.
      I am purposely trying to lose weight by eating less.
      Yes______  No _____
      20 0 I am no more worried about my health than usual.
      1 I am worried about physical problems such as aches and pain; or upset stomach; or constipation.
      2 I am very worried about physical problems and it’s hard to think of much else.
      3 I am so worried about my physical problems, that I cannot think about anything else.
      21 0 I have not noticed any recent change in my interest in sex.
       1 I am less interested in sex than I used to be.
       2 I am much less interested in sex now.
       3 I have lost interest in sex completely.

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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study centered on influence of psychotherapy and gender on depression.60 participants were used in the study (30 males and 30 females). 15 of the males and 15 of the females were administered only positive self-talk and 15 participants of the female, and 15 of the males were administered exercise and positive self-talk.30 participant of the male and 30 participant of the female were administered only exercise. The participants where drawn from student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. Bec ... Continue reading---

         

      APPENDIX C - [ Total Page(s): 11 ]MALES (POSITIVE SELF-TALK) ... Continue reading---

         

      APPENDIX B - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIX B Please fill or indicate by ticking any of the space provided, as it applies to you. Gender:  Male ( )  Female ( ) Age: ( ) Marital Status: Single ( ) Married ( ) Locality: Urban ( )   Semi Urban(      )     Rural (    ) For how long have you been ill: 0-1year(   ),1year and above(   )  INSTRUCTION  Below are twenty statements, please rate yourself against each using the following scale. 1. = Some or the little of the time 2. = Some of the time 3. = Good part of t ... Continue reading---

         

      TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTS  COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE - - - - - - - - I CERTIFICATION  - - - - - - II DEDICATION  - - - - - - - III ACKNOWLEDGEMENT  - - - - - - IV TABLE OF CONTENTS  - - - - - - V  CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION  - - - - - - 1 1.1 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM - - - - 20 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS - - - - - 21 1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY - - - - 21 14. RELEVANCE OF THE STUDY - - - - 22  CHAPTER TWO  2.0 THEORETICAL REVIEW  - - - - 23 2.1 EMPIRICAL REVIEW - - - - - - 36 2.2 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS - - - ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]To determine “where” and “how” positive self-talk fits into the scheme of intrapersonal communication, and communication as a whole, some definitions must be derived. The reality of emotional choice - - that intrapersonal communication (IAPC), imaging, and visualization (Weaver and Cottrell, 1987). Positive self-talk is part of IAPC, but the part cannot be equal to the whole. Having concluded that positive self-talk and IAPC are separate but related, what is IAPC? ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ] SYMPTOMS OF DEPRESSION  According to Susan (2004), depression includes a variety of emotional, physiological/behavioural and cognitive symptoms.  Emotional Symptoms: This includes sadness, depressed mood, anhedonia (loss of interest in usual activities) and irritability. Physiological and behavioural symptom: This include sleep disturbances (hypersomnia or insomnia), appetite lost, psychomotor retardation or agitation, catatonia and fatigue, Cognitive Symptom: this involves po ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ] 3.0.METHODS In this session the following will be discusseda. Participants b. Instrument c. Procedure for gathering and scoring datad. Research designe. Statistics    PARTICIPANTS  60 participants where used in the study. They comprise of 30 males and 30 females. 15 participants of the female and 15 of the male were administered both Exercise and positive self-talk. Also, 15 of the males and15 of the females were administered only positive self-talk (Morah 2008). In this technique, ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF RESULTS  In this chapter the results of data collected and computed are presented. The mean and standard deviations are shown in table 1 below. Table 1: THE MEAN TABLE OF HYPOTHESIS ONE, TWO   AND THREE  Summary Table of 2x2x2 ANOVA showing the summary of the results of hypotheses one, two and three which stated as follows: 1. There will be a significant difference on effect of exercise in combination with positive self talk on depression than exercise alone 2. T ... Continue reading---

         

      CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]DISCUSSION The first hypothesis, which stated that there will be a significant difference on the effect of exercise in combination with positive self talk on depression than exercise alone was rejected. This means that positive self-talk and exercise could be used as thera peutic regimes to treat depression in our society. This work is in consonance with the earlier findings of Petruzzello and Landers (1994) that constant exercise reduces depression. They examined the results of 27 narrative rev ... Continue reading---

         

      REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]References Abramson, L.Y. (2002) Hopelessness depression: A theory  based subtype of depression psychological review, 96, 358 372. Andrew, C. (2003) Oxford Dictionary of Psychology, Oxford  University Press.  Beck, A.T. (1967) Cognitive Therapy of Depressing – New York,  International University Press. Burack, J. (1993) Depression Information on Health Line. Hamilton, M. (1960). A rating for depression. Journal of  neurology, 32,52-56. Judd, F.K. and Mijch, A.M. (1996) Depression sym ... Continue reading---